Dr Gloom

Die Hard 4. Decent effort but far from the best in the series.

....but can he play alongside owen? i'm not convinced. normall i'd play owen ahead of martins as he's the better player, but he's been so injury prone for us that i'd have to go for martins

a few of my southern mates are alaways having a go at newcastle's fans, arguing that we are too fickle, impatient and expect too much success. i argue in return tthat we should be acheiving more when you consider the size of the club in terms of the fan base and the money spent on players. what do you think? do you blame the plans for playing a part in our lack of success? The trouble with Newcastle is not Allardyce - it's Newcastle By Richard Williams Three cheers for Gareth Southgate's suggestion that if his old England team-mate Alan Shearer really wants to manage Newcastle United, he should come straight out and say so. For in the absence of an outright declaration or denial of interest in the job, many will continue to wonder about the inspiration for the rumours of dissatisfaction with Sam Allardyce's performance among the senior pros in the Magpies' dressing room, or for columns such as the one published in yesterday's Daily Telegraph in which Alan Hansen blew a resounding fanfare for his Match of the Day colleague. Tomorrow sees Allardyce's Newcastle entertaining Sven-Goran Eriksson's Manchester City, and there will be few home fans who do not take their seats at St James' Park comparing the way things have worked out for the two managers since their arrival at ailing clubs in time for the start of this season. The most obvious contrast, of course, is between their respective fortunes in the league. City, who finished 14th last year, currently stand fifth, breathing down the necks of the big four, whereas Newcastle, after ending a place higher in May's final table, now lie 11th, which may be better than last year but is by no means the scale of improvement the Englishman was employed to achieve. After reporting for work on the Monday after the end of last season, Allardyce had the whole of the summer in which to restock his squad. Probably handicapped by the arrival of a new owner, Mike Ashley, in July, he ended up spending £25m on nine players. Eriksson, who joined City on July 7 and had only a month in which to make new signings, got Thaksin Shinawatra to endorse cheques worth just over £40m for his eight new acquisitions. Whereas not one of Allardyce's buys has been a great success, the Swede's new men formed an immediately effective blend with the players he retained from City's existing ranks. But there are more ways of reviving an underachieving club than exploiting the range of contacts that allowed Eriksson to capture the underrated Elano, for instance. Allardyce's method, which involves replacing an approach based on emotion and spontaneity with one rooted in the dogged appliance of science, requires a change of culture and will inevitably take longer to bear fruit. In his way, Allardyce is an English Mourinho. His abrasive personality automatically limits his appeal to the public, and his brand of football requires fine players to subjugate themselves to his tactical demands. But he was popular enough at Bolton, where his achievement could reasonably be compared with that of Mourinho at Chelsea, given the disparity between the resources available to them. The trouble with Newcastle at the moment is not Allardyce. It is Newcastle. In terms of loyalty and enthusiasm, the St James' Park fans constitute a chairman's (or a finance director's) dream. Their sheer neediness, however, makes them a manager's nightmare. To expect a sighting of the green shoots of recovery in mid-winter, with a new head gardener in charge, is to indulge in the ridiculous impatience that led the club to sack Sir Bobby Robson at the very time when Shearer could plausibly have been introduced as a Malcolm Allison to the old man's Joe Mercer. There is no evidence to suggest that putting Shearer in sole charge now would guarantee the Toon Army the success they crave, since he is too grand to have considered serving an apprenticeship at a lower level. For him, it is Newcastle or nothing. Which at least means that if he does not get the job this time, come the end of the season - or the one after that - he will still be watching the creosote dry on the garden fence while awaiting the arrival of the BBC's limo. One more reason, then, to postpone a judgment on Allardyce until his methods have been given a fair trial. And if Newcastle's fans cannot see the sense of that, they need their heads examining. http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/01/...wcastle_is.html

We'd be butt fucked so bad with that central midfield pairing that even bubba wouldn't want us! The drugs some of you guys are on must be good if you're even considering Emre in our starting 11, it would be like turning up with 10 men week in week out. we don't have a better creative central midfielder at the club sadly. emre deserves to start at central midfield ahead of barton, smith and geremi (who have all been complete shite since they joined), and your choice of rozenhal (who we'd be playing out of position) because he is one of our few midfielders that can actually pass the ball and chip in with the odd assist or goal. until we recruit better, he should start.

thatcher, catstro, sharon and (sadly), sbr must all be close bets

out: smith, barton in: deco, shaun wright philips

given beye faye cacapa enrique milner emre butt nzogbia viduka martins

i'm sorry but you lost me with this claim. how exactly does no goals in 20 games equate to best performer? fuck me ragged

except at this time of year

just some clueless teenage ozzie spouting off as if he knew anything about football/newcastle. he was amusing though. he entertained the board in a manner similar to leazesmag plus he had some interesting views about the advantages of playing viana as a defensive midfielder And Swindon Mag? fuck; yeah. wtf happened to him?

mittal makes abramovich look like a pauper tbf. he's worth about £30bn iirc

just some clueless teenage ozzie spouting off as if he knew anything about football/newcastle. he was amusing though. he entertained the board in a manner similar to leazesmag plus he had some interesting views about the advantages of playing viana as a defensive midfielder

most disturbing admission so far by a long stretch

Aye resulting in him turning to drugs and becoming a hardcore raver... http://www.enigmaentertainment.com.au/forum/member.php?u=473 There he is is that blaydon? fucking quality. especially this thread where he asks advice on whether he should get his eyebrow pierced http://www.enigmaentertainment.com.au/foru...hread.php?t=592 Pretty sure that's him. I remember Li3nZ not too long ago posting a link to his homepage where Blaydon/Benny/Adidas/Cheyne was going on about going to Adelaide for a rave and it being the the first time he'd flown. Makes his coming over here to work with his uncle at the Chronicle even more impressive tbf. this is too funny man - he's into hardcore gabba For anyone wondering whether he got it done or not, here's a picture for you: It's at an angle to accentuate his cheekbones... nice gurn on his mate. she's a 'candy raver' too. classy

that's what i like to hear. ...and don't forget the golden rule: eating is cheating (unless it's 3am in a kebab shop or curry house)

am i the only one among among us who thought they were all absolute gash?

worst admission so far by a long stretch

Some people will would you mind explaining for the spazzes among us that don't?

i don't get it

anything by al green

i wanted to be a lorry driver and a chef At the same time? aye. i couldn't decide between the two so wanted to drive a lorry during the day before cooking up a storm at night

i wanted to be a lorry driver and a chef

Fire away. I've already said mine. where? i missed it Well, I said Fop is the worst poster and there's no one I wouldn't like to meet as it would be funny to see what everyone was like in real life. Doubt if anybody is proper psycho material and I reckon if people met me they'd subsequently realise I'm taking the piss 99% of the time with no malice intended. It's difficult to convey that over a message board. if you'd asked me a year ago, biggest tit for me would have been leazesmag but i've become fond of him since his return from exile. the board was a poorer place in his absence what you really mean is that Fred has gone, and we aren't winning every game we play because it was all his fault, so you realise I was right all along fuck off man. you were dan, right ? aye.

Aye resulting in him turning to drugs and becoming a hardcore raver... http://www.enigmaentertainment.com.au/forum/member.php?u=473 There he is is that blaydon? fucking quality. especially this thread where he asks advice on whether he should get his eyebrow pierced http://www.enigmaentertainment.com.au/foru...hread.php?t=592 Pretty sure that's him. I remember Li3nZ not too long ago posting a link to his homepage where Blaydon/Benny/Adidas/Cheyne was going on about going to Adelaide for a rave and it being the the first time he'd flown. Makes his coming over here to work with his uncle at the Chronicle even more impressive tbf. this is too funny man - he's into hardcore gabba

Fire away. I've already said mine. where? i missed it Well, I said Fop is the worst poster and there's no one I wouldn't like to meet as it would be funny to see what everyone was like in real life. Doubt if anybody is proper psycho material and I reckon if people met me they'd subsequently realise I'm taking the piss 99% of the time with no malice intended. It's difficult to convey that over a message board. if you'd asked me a year ago, biggest tit for me would have been leazesmag but i've become fond of him since his return from exile. the board was a poorer place in his absence what you really mean is that Fred has gone, and we aren't winning every game we play because it was all his fault, so you realise I was right all along fuck off man.